HOMECOMING 2011FRIDAY-SUNDAY, SEPT. 23-25Make plans to return to campus for the biggest alumni event of the year. Visit the Homecoming website and add your name to our attendee list. It's a great way to let your friends know you're planning to be here!

Attention, golfers: Get a foursome together and join us at the Alumni Golf Classic, which will take place on Friday, Aug. 5, at Traditions at the Glen, in Johnson City. Find out more and register now.

The Alumni Association and Uncommon Goods (founded by David Bolotsky '85) offer alumni the opportunity to purchase banks made from mailboxes salvaged from the Newing Dining Hall. Find out more and purchase a bank today.

Know of a Binghamton University graduate who is truly exceptional? Nominate him or her for an Alumni Association Special Recognition Award. Learn more, and be sure to make an online nomination by June 1.

Binghamton University is on iTunes! If you're on campus, you can access the iTunes site using your PODS ID and password. If you are off campus, you can access our video and audio files through Apple's iTunes store. Search for "Binghamton University" and you'll find academic lectures, videos from Alumni Association events, and more!

Help us make Binghamton University even better

By Brett Vermilyea

What a year! It has been quite a ride. Last April, we introduced Bold.Brilliant.Binghamton — The Campaign for Binghamton University to the world through a one-of-a-kind, entirely online launch. Never before had a University used technology so innovatively to kick off a fundraising campaign. Twice as many people attended — 1,557 from 22 countries — as did for the launch of our previous campaign, Believe, yet we spent less.

Bold.Brilliant.Binghamton captured the attention of national media and will serve as the model for future campaign launches. Since then, donor participation has soared. As of the middle of this month, Bold.Brilliant.Binghamton has enrolled nearly 30,000 donors and secured six commitments for more than $1 million.

But, our work isn’t finished. Because Believe was so successful, surpassing its goal by 20 percent and wrapping up a year early, we set a high bar for Bold.Brilliant.Binghamton with a goal nearly three times higher. In a little more than a year, we need to meet that $95 million mark — and to do that, we need your help.

Bold.Brilliant.Binghamton — The Campaign for Binghamton University sustains the unique learning environment that has opened the world for Binghamton’s 100,000 alumni. It supplies essential funds to faculty conducting innovative research that improves our lives while strengthening the region’s economy and industries. And, it allows the University to be flexible as it reacts to an uncertain economic climate.